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First signs of Great Fear in rural France

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First signs of Great Fear in rural France

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Calonne informs Louis of the nation's imminent bankruptcy, proposing taxation reform

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Calonne informs Louis of the nation's imminent bankruptcy, proposing taxation reform

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Third Estate declares itself to be the National Assembly

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Third Estate declares itself to be the National Assembly

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The young French nobleman Marquis de Lafayette sails to America and volunteers to fight with the American revolutionaries.

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The young French nobleman Marquis de Lafayette sails to America and volunteers to fight with the American revolutionaries.

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The king appoints lawyer Charles de Calonne as the controller-general of finances.

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The king appoints lawyer Charles de Calonne as the controller-general of finances.

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After attempting some limited economic reform, finance minister Anne Robert Turgot is dismissed by Louis XVI.

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After attempting some limited economic reform, finance minister Anne Robert Turgot is dismissed by Louis XVI.

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De Laclos publishes ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, a novel that depicts the French nobility as leisure loving, amoral and debauched.

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De Laclos publishes ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, a novel that depicts the French nobility as leisure loving, amoral and debauched.

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The Treaty of Paris brings the American Revolutionary War to a close. Involvement in the war has cost the French government more than 1.8 billion livres.

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The Treaty of Paris brings the American Revolutionary War to a close. Involvement in the war has cost the French government more than 1.8 billion livres.

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The death of King Louis XV. His grandson becomes King Louis XVI.

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The death of King Louis XV. His grandson becomes King Louis XVI.

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National Constituent Assembly surrenders feudalism (the 'August Decrees')

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National Constituent Assembly surrenders feudalism (the 'August Decrees')

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The marriage of Louis and Marie Antoinette.

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The marriage of Louis and Marie Antoinette.

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Sieyes publishes What is the Third Estate?

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Sieyes publishes What is the Third Estate?

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Rumours about wage freezes triggers the Reveillon riots.

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Rumours about wage freezes triggers the Reveillon riots.

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Lafayette appointed as commander of the National Guard

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Lafayette appointed as commander of the National Guard

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Marie Antoinette and her inner circle become embroiled in the ‘Diamond Necklace affair’. 

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Marie Antoinette and her inner circle become embroiled in the ‘Diamond Necklace affair’. 

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The parlement registers further national loans but declares all lettres de cachet to be illegal.

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The parlement registers further national loans but declares all lettres de cachet to be illegal.

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 Louis XVI orders the drafting and compilation of cahiers de doleances or ‘books of grievances’. 

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 Louis XVI orders the drafting and compilation of cahiers de doleances or ‘books of grievances’. 

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Louis XVI orders the mobilisation of royal troops, particularly around Paris.

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Louis XVI orders the mobilisation of royal troops, particularly around Paris.